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#1 2011-10-29 22:29:34

sheldon69
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conjugacy classes

Hi, another question from my textbook I can't seem to get.

Q: Let G be the group of matrices of the form

where
and
. Determine the conjugacy classes in G, and sketch them in the (x,y)-plane.

Thanks for any help. smile

#2 2012-10-15 06:47:46

scientia
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Re: conjugacy classes

The inverse of the matrix
is
. Let's calculate the conjugate of the matrix
by the matrix
:







Hence the conjugacy class containing
is
.

Last edited by scientia (2012-10-15 20:10:03)

#3 2012-10-15 07:34:07

anonimnystefy
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Re: conjugacy classes

scientia wrote:



This step doesn't look right.


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#4 2012-10-15 10:01:56

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Re: conjugacy classes

Hi all;

anonimnystefy wrote:

This step doesn't look right.

You are correct.

Hi scientia;


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
I am willing to wager that over 75% of the new words that appeared were nothing more than spelling errors that caught on.

#5 2012-10-15 20:10:53

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Re: conjugacy classes

Thanks for pointing out. smile

I've corrected the error in my post.

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